Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus Quote: 'He dies upon my scimitar's sharp point, / That touches this my first-born son and heir!' Act 4, sc. 2. ; Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the...

Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus ; Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles ; he is the only actor of African-American descent...

Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice ; Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles ; he is the only actor of African-American descent...

Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice ; Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles ; he is the only actor of African-American descent...

Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice ; Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles ; he is the only actor of African-American descent...